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Figure J-10
A Certificate Chain That Can’t Be Verified
For general information about the way digital signatures work, see “Digital Signatures,”
which begins on page 772.
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For a more detailed description of the signature verification
process in the context of SSL client and server authentication, see Appendix K,
“Introduction to SSL.”
Managing Certificates
The set of standards and services that facilitate the use of public-key cryptography and
X.509 v3 certificates in a network environment is called the
public key infrastructure
(PKI).
PKI management is complex topic beyond the scope of this document. The sections that
follow introduce some of the specific certificate management issues addressed by Red Hat
products.
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Issuing Certificates
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